The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Largest display of Wesleyana anywhere in the world.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This "living building" on Georgia Tech's campus is home to a blueberry orchard, honeybees, and more than 900 solar panels.

A vast collection of rare, historical, and vintage supercomputers.